[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 a6 9. e3 Re8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 c5 13. e4 Bb7 14. d4
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. h4 Qe7 19. Rd2 Nc5 20. Rad1
Red8 21. h5 h6 22. Bf3 Qe8 23. Qe3 Be7 24. Qe1 Nd7 25. Bg2 Bb4 26. Qe3 Bxd2
27. Rxd2 Nf6 28. Bf3 Rd7 29. g4 Qd8 30. Re2 e5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6
8. Be2 c6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 h6 12. h3 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Qd1
Nfd5 15. Bg3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Nd5 17. Rc4 Qa5 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Qc1
Nd7 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Bd6 23. Nxd7 Bxg3 24. Nb6 Ra5 25. f4 Bh4 26. Rfc1
g5 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28. Kf2 e5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Be4 32.
Nxa4 Rd5 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. Kxf3 Rd2 35. Rb3 b5 36. Nc5 Rc2 37. Ne4 Be7 38.
Rc3 Rxb2 39. Rxc6 Bxa3 40. Rxh6 Kg7 41. Rb6 Rb3 42. h4 Bc1 43. Nd6 Rxe3+
44. Kg4 Rb3 45. Rb7 Kf6 46. Nxb5 Kg6 47. Nd6 f5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6
8. O-O c4 9. Bc2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Na3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. d4 Rd8 14. Re1
Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rac8 17. Be4 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne3
Nxc3 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxa7 f6 24. Bf4 Rxd4 25. Ng4 Nd5 26.
Ra8+ Kf7 27. Be3 Rd3 28. Nh6+ Bxh6 29. Bxh6 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Re4 h3 32.
g3 Rxb3 33. Rf8+ Kg6 34. Rg8+ Kf5 35. Re1 e5 36. Kh2 Rb2 37. Kxh3 Rxf2 38.
Rd1 Rcc2 39. g4+ Ke4 40. Rh1 Ne7 41. Rb8 Rc3+ 42. Kh4 Rb3 43. Bg7 Rff3 44.
Re1+ Kd5 45. Rd1+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. a3 Rb8 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Nc3
Bb7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb3 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Na4 20.
Bxc4 Nxb2 21. Bxb3 Rxb3 22. Rb1 Rdb8 23. Qc2 h6 24. h3 a5 25. Rfc1 a4 26.
Qxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Rxa3 28. d5 exd5 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bd4 Rab3 31. Rxg7+ Kf8
32. Ra7 Nd3 33. Rf1 a3 34. Kh2 R8b7 35. Ra6 e5 36. Be3 d4 37. Bxh6+ Kf7 38.
Ra1 R7b6 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40. Bf8 Nxf2 41. Rg7+ Kf6 42. Rf1 Rb2 43. Ra7 a2 44.
Bc5 R6b5 45. Be7+ Ke6 46. Bh4 Ne4 47. Ra1 Nc3 48. Be1 Kd5 49. h4 Kc4 50. h5
Kb3 51. h6 Rb6 52. h7 Rh6+ 53. Kg3 Ne4+ 54. Kg4 Rxh7 55. Rxh7 Nf6+ 56. Kf5
Nxh7 57. Kxe5 Rb1 58. Kxd4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Rad1 b6 13. Ne4 Bb7 14.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Nb4 17. Bc4 Nbd5 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Bb3 Nf4 20.
Qe3 Ng6 21. Bg3 Nd5 22. Qd2 Nde7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Ng6 25. Bg3 Qf6 26.
Bc2 Rfd8 27. f3 Rd7 28. a3 Rcd8 29. Bf2 Nh4 30. Qe3 Nf5 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32.
Rd2 Rc8 33. Red1 Bd5 34. Bg3 Rdd8 35. h3 Rc6 36. Kh2 Rdc8 37. Re1 f6 38.
Qf2 Rc1 39. Rde2 R1c4 40. Rd2 a5 41. Qe3 b5 42. Qf2 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44.
Qe3 Rc2 45. Rxc2 Rxc2 46. Re2 Rc8 47. Qd2 b3 48. Rf2 Qb1 49. Qb4 Rc1 50.
Bd6 Rh1+ 51. Kg3 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bg3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. a3 Bg4 12. O-O Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne7 14.
Rfc1 c6 15. Na4 Nd7 16. b4 Nc8 17. Nc5 Nd6 18. a4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nb6 20. e4
dxe4 21. fxe4 Nd7 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. e5 Nc8 24. Ne4 Nf8 25. Rd1 Re7 26. Bc4
Rd7 27. Rd3 Ne6 28. Rbd1 Nb6 29. Nd6 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Nc7 31. Rf3 Qf8 32. Kg2
Ne8 33. Nf5 Nc7 34. Rh1 Rbd8 35. Rh4 Ne6 36. Nd6 Rxd6 37. exd6 Qxd6 38. b5
cxb5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Qb3 Qc6 41. Kh2 b4 42. Rf5 Qd7 43. Rf3 Nxd4 44. Rxd4
Qxd4 45. Rxf7 Kh8 46. Rf4 Qc5 47. Qxb4 Qxb4 48. Rxb4 Rd7 49. Rb6 Kg8 50. f4
Kf7 51. Kh3 Ke7 52. f5 Kd8 53. f6 g6 54. f7 Rxf7 55. Rxg6 Rh7 56. Kg4 Kc7
57. Kh5 b5 58. Re6 Rh8 59. g4 Kb7 60. Rxh6 Rxh6+ 61. Kxh6 b4 62. g5 b3 63.
g6 b2 64. g7 b1=Q 65. g8=Q Qc1+ 66. Qg5 Qxg5+ 67. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. h4
Rb8 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Nce3 Nd4 17. O-O-O Qd7 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. f4 Bd8 20. f5
Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Rc5 22. g4 Kf8 23. g5 Qc6 24. f6 h5 25. fxg7+ Kxg7 26. Be2 b3
27. a3 Rc8 28. Rhf1 Kg6 29. Qh3 Qe8 30. Bxh5+ Kxh5 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Rxf6
Qe6 33. Rg1 Rh8 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. g6 Kh6 36. g7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rae1 Ng6 12. f3 Be6 13. Kh1 Rc8 14.
Qd2 b5 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. exf4 h6 17. f5 Bd7 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Bb1 a5 20. Re2
b4 21. Na4 Qb5 22. Bd3 Qxa4 23. b3 Qa3 24. Qd1 c5 25. Bc1 c4 26. Bb1 Qxc1
27. Qxc1 cxb3 28. Qd1 bxa2 29. Rxa2 a4 30. Rxa4 Bxa4 31. Qxa4 Bf8 32. Qd1
Re3 33. Ba2 Rcc3 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Rd3 36. Qe2 Rxd4 37. Bb3 Bc5 38. g3
h5 39. Kg2 Bd6 40. h4 Kf8 41. Qc2 Ke7 42. Qe2+ Kd8 43. Qe3 Bc5 44. Qc1 Bd6
45. Qe3 Bc5 46. Qc1 Bd6 47. Qe3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. e4 Rb8 10. h4 b5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Bg2 Nd3 20. Rf1
Nxb2 21. Qd2 Nd3 22. Qa5 Bb7 23. d5 b4 24. Qxc7 Rfc8 25. Qa5 Qa6 26. Qxa6
Bxa6 27. Bxa7 Rb7 28. Be3 Bb5 29. Rfd1 Rd8 30. Be4 Re7 31. f3 Rxd5 32. Bxd5
Rxe3 33. Be4 c3 34. Bxd3 Bxd3 35. Rac1 Rxf3 36. Kg2 Re3 37. Re1 Rxe1 38.
Rxe1 Bc4 39. Rb1 c2 40. Rc1 Bxa2 41. Rxc2 Bd5+ 42. Kf2 b3 43. Rc5 Be4 44.
Rb5 Bc2 45. Ke3 Kh7 46. Kf4 Kg6 47. g4 Kf6 48. Rb6+ Ke7 49. Ke5 Kd7 50. Kd5
Kc7 51. Kc5 Kd7 52. Rb7+ Ke6 53. Kd4 Kf6 54. Rb6+ Kf7 55. Ke5 Bd1 56. g5
hxg5 57. hxg5 Bc2 58. Kd5 Ke7 59. Rb7+ Kf8 60. Ke5 Kg8 61. Ke6 Bd1 62. Ke7
Bc2 63. Rb6 Kh7 64. Kf7 Bd1 65. g6+ Kh6 66. Rb8 Bc2 67. Rb6 b2 68. Rxb2
Bxg6+ 69. Ke6 Bd3 70. Ke5 g6 71. Kf6 Kh5 72. Rg2 Bf5 73. Ke5 Kh6 74. Rg1
Kg7 75. Rc1 Kh6 76. Rh1+ Kg7 77. Rh2 Bg4 78. Kf4 Bf5 79. Kg5 Be6 80. Re2
Kf7 81. Rb2 Bf5 82. Rb6 Ke7 83. Kf4 Kf7 84. Ke5 Kg7 85. Rb7+ Kh6 86. Kf4
Bc2 87. Rc7 Bb1 88. Rc1 Bf5 89. Rg1 Kg7 90. Kg5 Kf7 91. Rf1 Ke7 92. Re1+
Kd6 93. Kf4 Kd5 94. Rd1+ Ke6 95. Rg1 Kd5 96. Rxg6 Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Be3 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Bf6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Nb3 Na4 13. Nbd2 Nb6 14. b4
Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Nd7 18. Nd2 c5 19. b5 Qe7 20. f4 g6
21. e5 Bg7 22. Bg4 Rc7 23. Ne4 b6 24. Qc4 Kh8 25. Rce1 f5 26. exf6 Nxf6 27.
Be6 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Qd6 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. Bxd5 Bf6 31. Rfe1 Kg7 32. g3 h5 33.
Kg2 Rd8 34. Bc4 Rdd7 35. Re8 Re7 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Rxe7+ Rxe7 38. Kf2 Re3
39. Rf8 Bg7 40. Rf7 Kh6 41. Rxa7 Bf6 42. Rb7 Bd8 43. Rd7 Be7 44. Rb7 Bd8
45. Rb8 Bc7 46. Rc8 Re7 47. a4 g5 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rg8+ Kh7 50. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8.
dxc5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ng6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be2 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. f4 Nd7 15. g4 Bg6 16. f5 exf5 17. gxf5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Nxc5
20. Qd5 Qe7 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bc4 Rae8 23. Rf2 Rd8 24. Qf3 Rd4 25. b3 Nd7
26. Raf1 Ne5 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Rf4 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 a6 30. Nd5 Re8 31. Re4 Qd6
32. Ne3 b5 33. Bd5 Kf8 34. Rh4 Kg8 35. Qf2 Rc8 36. Rd4 Qf6 37. Qxf6 gxf6
38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Rd2 Rc1 40. Rd1 Rc3 41. Kf2 f5 42. Ke2 f4 43. Nf1 Rh3 44.
Bb7 a5 45. Rd5 f6 46. Rxb5 Rc3 47. Be4 Rc1 48. Nd2 Ng4 49. h3 Ne3 50. Rxa5
f5 51. Bf3 g5 52. b4 Rc2 53. a3 Rb2 54. Rc5 Kf6 55. b5 g4 56. hxg4 fxg4 57.
Be4 g3 58. Kd3 g2 59. Bxg2 Nxg2 60. Ne4+ Ke6 61. a4 Ne1+ 62. Kd4 Rb4+ 63.
Rc4 Rb1 64. Kc5 Ke5 65. b6 Nd3+ 66. Kc6 f3 67. Nd2 f2 68. b7 Ke6 69. Re4+
Ne5+ 70. Rxe5+ Kxe5 71. Nxb1 f1=Q 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 h6 7. a3 a6 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. Qe1 Be6 11. Nd2 Na5 12. Ba2 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Nd7 14.
Ra1 Nc6 15. Nf3 Ne7 16. Qg3 Ng6 17. Qh3 c6 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Nh4 Nxh4 20.
Qxh4 d5 21. Ng3 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. d4 Rfe8
26. Rad1 Rac8 27. c3 exd4 28. Rxd4 Rxe3 29. Rxd5 Rc7 30. Rfd1 Rce7 31. Rd7
Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxd7 33. Kf2 f5 34. Re5 Rd2+ 35. Re2 Rd7 36. Re5 Rd2+ 37. Re2
Rd7 38. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6
8. Nc4 Rb8 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Bh6 12. a4 O-O 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. b3
Nb4 15. Bb2 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Ng4 17. Qd2 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Bxb3 19. h3 Nf6 20. Ba3
Nh5 21. Rfb1 Be6 22. Rxb7 Rc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rc7 25. Rb6 Rd7 26.
Rxa6 f5 27. Qb4 Qg5 28. Rxd6 Rdf7 29. Rd7 Qxe3 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Qb8+ Kg7
32. Bb2 Re7 33. d6 Qf4 34. Re1 Qf2 35. Qb4 Nf4 36. Rg1 Ne2 37. Qe1 Ng3+ 38.
Kh2 Qxb2 39. dxe7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. Bf1 h6 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. g3 Nf8 16. Bg2 Ne6 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. Red1 Rc8 19. a3 Bd6 20. b4
Ng5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Qf5 g4 23. b5 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26. Bf1
Rc7 27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. Rxc7 Bxf1 29. Rc6 Bb5 30. Rxd6 Ne4 31. a4 Bxa4 32. Ra1
Nxd6 33. Rxa4 a5 34. Bc3 Rc8 35. Be1 Rc1 36. Kf1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5
8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Bg6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. b3 Re8 13. Ng3 Nf8 14.
c4 Ne6 15. Be3 c6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Bf6 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. h4 Qa6 20. h5
dxc4 21. bxc4 Qxc4 22. hxg6 Qxd3 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxd3 Rad8 25. d5 cxd5
26. Bxa7 Nc4 27. Rb1 Rd7 28. Bd4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Ra8 30. Nb3 b6 31. Nd2 Nb2
32. Rb3 Rxa2 33. Rxb6 Nd3 34. Nf3 Nxf2 35. Rf1 Ng4 36. Ng5+ Kg6 37. Ne6
Rda7 38. Rb4 Ne3 39. Rf2 Be5 40. Nf1 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Nxf1 42. Kxf1 Ra1+ 43.
Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Rb6 Kf5 47. Rc6 g5 48. Nf8 Ra2+ 49.
Kf1 g4 50. Nd7 Bd4 51. Rd6 Ke4 52. Re6+ Kd3 53. Ne5+ Bxe5 54. Rxe5 d4 55.
g3 Kc3 56. Rc5+ Kb3 57. Rb5+ Kc4 58. Rg5 d3 59. Ke1 Kd4 60. Rf5 Ke3 61.
Re5+ Kf3 62. Rd5 Ra1+ 63. Kd2 Kxg3 64. Rxd3+ Kf2 65. Rd8 g3 66. Rf8+ Kg1
67. Ke2 g2 68. Rh8 Ra7 69. Rh6 Re7+ 70. Kd2 Re5 71. Rh8 Kf2 72. Rf8+ Kg3
73. Rg8+ Kf3 74. Kd3 Re1 75. Rf8+ Kg3 76. Rg8+ Kf2 77. Rf8+ Kg1 78. Rh8 Re5
79. Kd2 Kf2 80. Rf8+ Kg3 81. Rg8+ Kf3 82. Kd3 Rd5+ 83. Kc2 Rd4 84. Kc3 Rg4
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. g3
dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. Nh4 Qf8 17. Qa4 a6 18. Nf5 Bb8 19. Ne4 g6 20. Nxf6+
Nxf6 21. Nh4 b5 22. Qb3 Kh7 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. cxb5 Rxd3 26.
Qxd3 cxb5 27. Rc7 Be4 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Kg7 30. Rxa6 g5 31. Ng2 Rd5 32.
Rc1 Ng4 33. Ne1 Ne5 34. h3 Rd2 35. Ra5 Bc6 36. a4 Nc4 37. axb5 Bd5 38. Ra4
Nd6 39. Rd4 Rxd4 40. exd4 Kf6 41. b6 Ke6 42. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 exd4 7. Nxd4
Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. f3 c5 11. Ndb5 a6 12. Qd6 Nc6 13. Qxe7 Nxe7
14. Nd6 b5 15. e5 Ne8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. g3 Nc6 18. Bh3 Rb8 19. f4 Nb4 20.
Bf5 g6 21. Be4 f5 22. Bb1 Nc7 23. Rd6 Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Ne8 26.
Rd7 Ng7 27. Rd6 Ne8 28. Rd7 Ng7 29. Rd6 Ne8 30. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
d4 Nc6 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14.
Qb3 Bc6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfd1 Qa5 19. Rab1 h5 20.
Bd6 e5 21. c5 Rad8 22. Qc4 Rd7 23. e4 Kh7 24. Rd3 Re6 25. Rf3 Qd2 26. Rf5
h4 27. Kg2 g6 28. Rf3 g5 29. Qb3 h3+ 30. Kg1 Nxe4 31. Rf5 Kg6 32. g4 Nxd6
33. cxd6 Rexd6 34. Qxh3 Kg7 35. Rb8 Rh6 36. Qf1 Rf6 37. Rxf6 Kxf6 38. Rb3
Qf4 39. Qe2 Qd4 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Rf3+ Kg7 42. Qe3 f6 43. h4 gxh4 44. Kh2
Qd4 45. g5 Qxe3 46. gxf6+ Kf7 47. fxe3 c5 48. Kh3 c4 49. Kxh4 c3 50. Rf1
Kg6 51. Kg4 c2 52. Rc1 Rc7 53. f7 Kxf7 54. Kf5 Rc5 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. Kd3 Kf5
57. Rxc2 Rxc2 58. Kxc2 Ke4 59. Kd2 a6 60. Ke2 a5 61. a4 Kd5 62. Kd3 e4+ 63.
Kc3 Kc5 64. Kb3 Kd5 65. Kc3 Kc5 66. Kb3 Kd5 67. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 d6 6. O-O h6 7. a5 a6 8. c3
O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. h3 Ne7 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Re1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Be6
15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Qb3 d5 17. g3 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rd8 19. Rae1 Rd6 20. d4 exd4
21. Nxd4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rd5 24. h4 c5 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rb1
Rxa5 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Re5 29. Rxe5 Nxe5 30. Ra7 Rc8 31. Rxa6 Rxc3 32.
Kg2 Rc8 33. h5 Ng4 34. f3 Rd8 35. fxg4 Rxd4 36. Kf3 Kh7 37. Ra7 f6 38. Ra6
Rd3+ 39. Kf4 Rd4+ 40. Kf3 Rd3+ 41. Kf4 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 e4 7. Ng5 Qe7
8. f3 d6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qxe4 11. fxe4 b6 12. d3 h5 13. Be2 h4 14. h3
f6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Rf1 Ke7 17. Kd1 Rag8 18. Kc2 g5 19. d4 Bd7 20. Rf2 g4
21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. Bd3 Rh6 23. Raf1 Rg7 24. Be1 Bc8 25. Rh1 Ba6 26. Bf1 Na5
27. c5 Bxf1 28. cxd6+ cxd6 29. Rhxf1 Rhg6 30. Kd3 Rh7 31. c4 Nc6 32. Rh1
Nb8 33. a4 Nd7 34. a5 Ke6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra2 Rg4 37. g3 h3 38. Rah2 Rh8
39. Rxh3 Ra8 40. Rh7 Nf8 41. d5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5
8. g4 Nxg4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qe1 f4 14.
Nxe5 Rf8 15. Bd4 Rf6 16. f3 Rh6+ 17. Kg1 Bh3 18. Rf2 Bh4 19. Qe2 Qd8 20. c3
Bxf2+ 21. Bxf2 Qg5+ 22. Ng4 Rg6 23. e5 h5 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Bc5 Qe6 26. Qf2
hxg4 27. Qh4 Kd7 28. Kf2 b6 29. Rh1 Qxe5 30. Bd4 Qf5 31. Re1 gxf3 32. Rh1
Rh6 33. Qg5 Qxg5 34. Nxg5 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 Qc7 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rf1 Bd6 19. g3 Rae8 20.
Qg4 Re5 21. Rae1 Rxd5 22. Re2 Re5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Kg2 Re8 26.
Qf3 h5 27. Qd5 Re6 28. Re4 Re7 29. a4 f5 30. Re2 Bf6 31. Rxe7+ Qxe7 32. a5
h4 33. Qf3 hxg3 34. hxg3 Be5 35. g4 fxg4 36. Qxg4 Qf7 37. Qf3 Qxf3+ 38.
Kxf3 Bc7 39. Be4 Bxa5 40. Bxb7 Kf6 41. Bxa6 Ke5 42. Bd3 g5 43. Kg4 Bd2 44.
b4 Bxb4 45. Kxg5 Ba5 46. Kg4 Bb4 47. Kf3 Ba5 48. Kg4 Bb4 49. Kf3 Ba5 50.
Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bc8 12. f4 Nd7 13. f5 Bg5 14.
Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. f6 Nxf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kg7 19. Bf5 Bxf5
20. Rxf5 Rh8 21. Qg4+ Kf8 22. Raf1 Rh6 23. Rh5 Rxh5 24. Qxh5 Ke8 25. Qh8+
Qf8 26. Qxf6 Rc8 27. Qf5 Rc5 28. c3 Qg7 29. h4 Qg6 30. Qxg6 fxg6 31. Rf6
Rxd5 32. Rxg6 Kf7 33. h5 e4 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxb2 36. Kxe4 Re2+ 37. Kf3
Rxa2 38. Rxd6 Ra3 39. g4 Rxc3+ 40. Kf4 Rc4+ 41. Kg5 Rc5+ 42. Kh6 Ke7 43.
Rb6 Rb5 44. Rg6 a5 45. Kg7 a4 46. h6 a3 47. h7 a2 48. h8=Q a1=Q+ 49. Kh7
Qxh8+ 50. Kxh8 Rb1 51. Kg7 b5 52. Rg5 b4 53. Rb5 b3 54. g5 Kd6 55. g6 Kc6
56. Rb8 Kc5 57. Kf6 Rf1+ 58. Ke5 Rg1 59. Rxb3 Rxg6 60. Rf3 Rg5+ 61. Rf5
Rxf5+ 62. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. a5 h6 14.
Qe2 Rfc8 15. Rfb1 Qd8 16. e4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. h3 Bc6 19. axb6 axb6 20.
Qe3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 b5 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. d5 exd5 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. e5 Ne4 26.
Bxb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Nxb5 Qb8 29. Nd4 Qxe5 30. Nf3 Qa1+ 31. Qe1
Qxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Kf8 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Ke3 Nc5 36. Nf3 Ne6 37. g3
Kc5 38. Kd3 Ng5 39. Ng1 Ne4 40. Ke3 Kc4 41. Ne2 Nd6 42. Nd4 g6 43. g4 Nb5
44. Nc6 d4+ 45. Kd2 Kd5 46. Ne7+ Ke4 47. Ng8 Nd6 48. Nxh6 Nc4+ 49. Ke1 Ne5
50. Ng8 Kf3 51. Nh6 Ke4 52. Ng8 Nd3+ 53. Kf1 Kf3 54. Nh6 Nxf2 55. Nxf7 Nxh3
56. Ne5+ Ke4 57. Nxg6 d3 58. g5 Nxg5 59. Ke1 Nf3+ 60. Kd1 Nd4 61. Kd2 Nb3+
62. Kd1 Na5 63. Ne7 Nc4 64. Ke1 Kd4 65. Nf5+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "anti-Meran gambit"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. a4
Rh4 15. axb5 Rxd4 16. Qe3 c5 17. Be2 Nd7 18. O-O Nb6 19. f4 Nd5 20. Nxd5
Bxd5 21. Rf2 Re4 22. Qd2 Kf8 23. g3 Rb8 24. Bf3 Rd4 25. Qa5 Bxf3 26. Rxf3
Rd7 27. Rf2 Qd4 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Qd4 30. Kg2 Rdb7 31. Qc3 Rxb5 32. Ra2
Rb3 33. Qxd4 cxd4 34. Kh3 d3 35. Kg4 a5 36. Ra4 R8b4 37. Ra2 a4 38. Rd2 a3
39. bxa3 Ra4 40. Kf3 c3 41. Rxd3 c2 42. Rxb3 c1=Q 43. Re3 Qh1+ 44. Rg2 Rc4
45. Re2 Rc3+ 46. Kg4 Rxa3 47. Kh3 Kg7 48. Rgf2 Ra8 49. g4 Qg1 50. Rg2 Qf1
51. Rf2 Ra3+ 52. Kh4 Qe1 53. f5 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 h5 9. h3 Ne4 10. Ne2 Nxg3 11. Nxg3 h4 12. Nh5 c6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Ng7+
Kf8 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Nd7 17. O-O Nf6 18. Qb3 Re8 19. Rae1 Rg8 20. a3
Ba5 21. Re2 g4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. e4 Qg5 24. f4 Qf6 25. Qxb7 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1
Ne3 27. Rxe3 Qxe3 28. Qxc6 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qg3 30. Qd6+ Re7 31. Qd8+ Re8 32.
Qd6+ Re7 33. Bh3 Qd3 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. Qc6+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Ke8 37. Rf3 Qd1+
38. Kh2 dxe4 39. Qc6+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ Ke8 41. Qc6+ Kf8 42. Qh6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8.
Nc3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2
c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5
21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Nb3 h5 24. h4 Nf6 25. f3 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Kxh6 27.
Qe3+ Kg7 28. Kg2 Red8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Rd2 Ra3 32. Qd3 Ne8 33.
Nb1 Ra4 34. c3 g5 35. hxg5 Qxg5 36. Kf1 Qxg3 37. Qe3 Nf4 38. Qg1 h4 39. Rh2
Kf6 40. Qf2 Kg5 41. c5 dxc5 42. Qd2 Qxf3+ 43. Kg1 Nf6 44. Qc2 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. O-O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qc3 Bg4 13. Be2 c6
14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Kb1 Rfe8 17. Bd3 h6 18. Be4 Bf5 19. Rhe1
Rcd8 20. a3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qe6 22. g4 f6 23. h3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+
Nxd8 26. Nh4 Qc6 27. Qd3 Ne6 28. Nf5 Kf7 29. Qb3 b6 30. Ka2 a5 31. a4 g6
32. Ne3 Kg7 33. Qc4 Qd6 34. Qd5 Qe7 35. Qc6 Nf4 36. Qxb6 Nxh3 37. Qxa5 Nxf2
38. Qb6 Qf7+ 39. Kb1 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Qd6 Ng4 42. Nxg4 fxg4 43. Qxe5+
Kg6 44. a5 Qf1+ 45. Ka2 Qc4+ 46. Ka3 Qxc2 47. Qd6+ Kg5 48. a6 Qb1 49. Qd5+
Kh4 50. a7 Qa1+ 51. Qa2 Qh1 52. b4 Qa8 53. Qh2+ Kg5 54. Qb8 Qf3+ 55. Ka4
Qd1+ 56. Ka5 Qa1+ 57. Kb5 Qf1+ 58. Kb6 Qf2+ 59. Kc6 Qf3+ 60. Kc5 Qc3+ 61.
Kd5 Qd3+ 62. Ke6 Qf5+ 63. Ke7 Qe4+ 64. Kd7 Qf5+ 65. Kc7 Qe5+ 66. Kb6 Qe3+
67. Ka6 Qa3+ 68. Kb5 Qd3+ 69. Ka4 Qa6+ 70. Kb3 Qd3+ 71. Kb2 Qd2+ 72. Kb3
Qd3+ 73. Kb2 Qd2+ 74. Kb3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 h6 8.
Nbd2 Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3
Qe7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 c6 18. f4 Rad8 19. e5 Ba3 20. Bxa3
Qxa3 21. Qc5 Qxc5+ 22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. Rc2 f6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Kf2 Rd3 26. g4
h5 27. g5 Ne4+ 28. Kg1 Nd6 29. Rf3 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rd4 31. f5 Nf7 32. g6 Nd6
33. f6 gxf6 34. Rxf6 Kg7 35. Rcf2 a5 36. Kh2 Re7 37. Bh1 Re8 38. Bg2 Re7
39. Bh1 Re2 40. Rxe2 Kxf6 41. Rg2 Nf5 42. Re2 Nd6 43. Rg2 Nf5 44. Re2 Kxg6
45. Bf3 h4 46. Bg4 Ng3 47. Re7 Rd2+ 48. Kg1 b5 49. a4 bxa4 50. bxa4 c5 51.
Ra7 c4 52. Rc7 Rd4 53. Rc5 Kf6 54. Rxa5 c3 55. Rc5 Ne4 56. Rc6+ Ke5 57. a5
Kf4 58. Kg2 Rd2+ 59. Kf1 Ra2 60. a6 Ke3 61. Be6 Ra1+ 62. Kg2 Ra5 63. Bf7
Rg5+ 64. Kh2 Ra5 65. Bg6 Ra2+ 66. Kg1 c2 67. a7 Rxa7 68. Rxc2 Rg7 69. Rg2
Ng3 70. Bc2 Ne2+ 71. Kh2 Rc7 72. Bd1 Nf4 73. Rc2 Rd7 74. Rc3+ Ke4 75. Bc2+
Ke5 76. Re3+ Kf6 77. Kg1 Rd2 78. Bb3 Kf5 79. Kf1 Nh5 80. Be6+ Kf4 81. Ra3
Ng3+ 82. Kg1 Rd1+ 83. Kg2 Rd2+ 84. Kg1 Ne2+ 85. Kf1 Nd4 86. Bg4 Rb2 87. Rc3
Ke4 88. Kg1 Nc2 89. Rc4+ Ke5 90. Rc5+ Kf4 91. Rf5+ Ke4 92. Rf2 Kd4 93. Kh2
Kc3 94. Rf3+ Kd4 95. Rf2 Kc3 96. Bf5 Ne3 97. Rxb2 Kxb2 98. Bc8 Kc3 99. Kg1
Kd4 100. Kf2 Nd5 101. Kf3 Ke5 102. Kg4 Nf4 103. Kxh4 Nxh3 104. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. Bf1 b6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. c4 Rc8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. b3 b5
15. cxb5 Qxc3 16. Qxc3 Rxc3 17. bxa6 Ba8 18. a4 d5 19. Bb2 Rcc8 20. e5 Nh5
21. Bb5 Rfd8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxe5 24. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 fxe6 26.
Bd4 Bd6 27. a7 Nf4 28. Kf1 h5 29. Rc6 Be7 30. Rb6 Kf7 31. Rb8 g5 32. a5 g4
33. fxg4 hxg4 34. a6 e5 35. Bxe5 Ne6 36. b4 Bxb4 37. Bc7 Nxc7 38. Rxd8 Be7
39. Rc8 Bd6 40. Be2 Bxh2 41. Bxg4 Ke7 42. Rh8 Be5 43. Rg8 Kd6 44. Bc8 Kc6
45. Rg6+ Bd6 46. Bb7+ Kc5 47. Rg8 Kb6 48. Bxa8 Kxa7 49. Bb7 Nxa6 50. Bxa6
1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Ne7 8.
h3 Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 c6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bc2
Ba5 15. a3 Be6 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Neg5 Qe7 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Nxh7
Nxe5 21. Nxf8 Nf7 22. Ng6 Rd8 23. Qf3 Bb6 24. Be3 Bxd4 25. Re1 Bxe3 26.
Qxe3 b6 27. Bb3 Kh7 28. Qg3 Nd5 29. Bc2 Kg8 30. Qh4 Rd6 31. Qg3 Rd8 32. Bf5
Rd6 33. Bg4 Nf6 34. Bd1 c5 35. Bb3 Nd5 36. h4 b5 37. h5 c4 38. Bd1 Rb6 39.
Bf3 Nf6 40. Rd1 e5 41. Be2 Re6 42. Qe3 a6 43. g4 Qc6 44. g5 Nd5 45. Qg3 Nf4
46. Bf3 Qc7 47. Qg4 Re8 48. Be4 Nd6 49. Nxf4 Nxe4 50. Nd5 Qf7 51. Qxe4 Qxh5
52. Ne3 Qxg5+ 53. Kf1 Rf8 54. Qd5+ Kh7 55. Qe4+ Kg8 56. Qg2 Qxe3 57. Qd5+
Kh7 58. Qh1+ Kg8 59. Qd5+ Kh7 60. Qh1+ Qh6 61. Qe4+ Kh8 62. Ke2 Qh5+ 63.
Ke1 Qf5 64. Qe3 Kg8 65. Rd5 Qb1+ 66. Rd1 Qxb2 67. Rd7 Qb1+ 68. Rd1 Qg6 69.
Rd7 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A86"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nh3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d5 c6 8. Nc3
e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Bf4 h6 13. Bxd6 Qe8 14. c5+ Kh8
15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Nf7+ Kh7 17. Nd6 Na6 18. Qc4 Be6 19. Qxe6 Nxc5 20. Qc4
Qxd6 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rfe1 Rf8 23. b4 Ncd7 24. a4 Ng4 25. e3 h5 26. b5 Nde5
27. Qb3 h4 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Ne2 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kramer system"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 h5 7. Be2 e5 8.
d5 h4 9. Nf1 Nfd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 a5 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. O-O-O Nba6 14. Kb1
Nb4 15. Rg1 a4 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. a3 Na6 18. Nxa4 fxe4 19. fxe4 b6 20. Nc3
Nb8 21. h3 Kh7 22. g3 Bh6 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Bg4 Nf6 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. g4 Ne8
27. Nh2 Bf4 28. Nf3 g5 29. Ne2 Qe7 30. Rdf1 Nd6 31. Ne1 Kh6 32. Rf3 Rb8 33.
a4 Ra8 34. b3 Rae8 35. Rgf1 Qh7 36. Nc3 Re7 37. Ng2 Qg6 38. Ne3 Ref7 39.
Nf5+ Kh7 40. Kc2 Kh8 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. Rff1 Nb7 43. Nb5 Rd8 44. Qc3 Qf6 45.
Na7 Na5 46. Rad1 Rfd7 47. Nb5 Kh7 48. Rd3 Nc6 49. Kd1 Nd4 50. Nbxd4 cxd4
51. Qb4 Ra8 52. Ke2 c5 53. Qa3 Rda7 54. Ra1 Qd8 55. Rdd1 Qd7 56. Kd3 Kg6
57. Qb2 Ra6 58. Ra2 R6a7 59. Rda1 Kh7 60. b4 Rxa4 61. bxc5 Rxa2 62. Rxa2
Rxa2 63. Qxa2 bxc5 64. Qa6 Qc7 65. Qh6+ Kg8 66. Qg6+ Kf8 67. Qd6+ Qxd6 68.
Nxd6 Bc1 69. Nb7 Ba3 70. Na5 Ke7 71. Nc6+ Kd6 72. Kc2 Bb4 73. Nd8 Ke7 74.
Ne6 Kf6 75. Nc7 Ke7 76. Kb3 d3 77. Nb5 Kd7 78. Na7 d2 79. Kc2 Kd6 80. Nc6
Bc3 81. Nd8 Ke7 82. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "16.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 a5 8.
cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. e3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14.
Nd2 Rd8 15. Ba3 Bf5 16. Rb2 Bd3 17. Re1 e5 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Bf8 20.
Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qe2 Na5 22. Rc1 exd4 23. exd4 Rfe8 24. Qb5 a3 25. Rb4 Nc6 26.
Qxb7 Qd6 27. Rb6 Rac8 28. Nf3 Rc7 29. Qa6 Qd7 30. Qxa3 Qf5 31. Qd6 Rce7 32.
Qf4 Qc8 33. Rcb1 Re2 34. R6b2 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Qa6 36. Kg2 Qa3 37. Rb6 Qxc3
38. Qc7 Re6 39. Ne5 Rf6 40. Rxc6 Rxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Qd1+ 43. Ke3
Qe1+ 44. Kd3 Qd1+ 45. Kc3 Qc1+ 46. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Nb3 Bc6 14.
Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Nxa5 Bxa5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. c4 Red8 19. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rb1 h5 22. Bc5 Rd2 23. Rb8+ Kh7 24. Rb7 Bb6 25. Bxb6
axb6 26. e3 Rc2 27. Rxf7 Rxc4 28. Re7 Re4 29. Rd7 b5 30. Rd6 c5 31. Rc6 Re5
32. Kf1 Kg6 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. f3 h4 36. f4 Rd5 37. e4 hxg3 38.
hxg3 Rd4 39. Kf3 c4 40. e5+ Kg6 41. Re7 Rd3+ 42. Kg4 Ra3 43. Rxe6+ Kh7 44.
Rb6 Ra5 45. e6 Kg6 46. f5+ Kf6 47. Rb7 c3 48. Rf7+ Ke5 49. e7 Ra8 50. Rf8
Kd5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qe7 11. Qe1 Rb8 12. b3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14.
d4 exd4 15. exd4 Qd6 16. Ne5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 d4 19. Na4 Qd5 20.
c4 dxc3 21. Rd1 Qe4 22. Nxc3 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 Bb7 24. Kg1 h5 25. Nc4 Rbd8 26.
h3 g6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Re7 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. g3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32.
Ke3 Ke6 33. Kd4 g5 34. h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Bh1 36. Ne2 Bf3 37. Nf4+ Kf5 38.
Ke3 Bd1 39. Nd3 Nf8 40. Nf2 Bg4 41. Nd6+ Ke6 42. Nde4 Ke5 43. Nd3+ Kf5 44.
Ng3+ Kf6 45. Nf4 Ke5 46. b4 Bd1 47. Nd3+ Kd5 48. Nf2 Bc2 49. Nxh5 Kc4 50.
Kd2 Bg6 51. Nf6 Kxb4 52. h5 Bxh5 53. Nxh5 Ka3 54. Kc3 Kxa2 55. Nd3 Ne6 56.
Nf6 Ka3 57. Ne4 Nc7 58. Nec5 Nb5+ 59. Kc4 Nd6+ 60. Kc3 Nb5+ 61. Kc4 Nd6+
62. Kc3 Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. b3 b6 8. O-O
Ba6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Rc8 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Rc1
Bxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qb3 Bc5 18. Red1 Qe7 19. Na4 Bd6 20. c5
bxc5 21. Qc3 c4 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxc4 c5 24. Bh3 Rc7 25. f4 Bxf4 26. gxf4
Nh5 27. f5 Nf4 28. Bf1 Rc6 29. Kh1 Rh6 30. Rc2 g6 31. Nc3 Rh4 32. Nd5 Nxd5
33. Qxd5 Rxe4 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. Qxc5 Qh4 36. Qf2 Qg5 37. Bg2 R4e7 38. Rf1
Qe5 39. Rc4 Qg5 40. Rc2 Qe5 41. Qg3 Qd4 42. Rcf2 Kg7 43. Qf4 Qxf4 44. Rxf4
Rd8 45. Kg1 f5 46. R4f2 Rd4 47. Bf3 Kf6 48. Kg2 Re3 49. Rc2 Ra4 50. Bd5
Rg4+ 51. Kh1 Rd4 52. Bb3 Rd6 53. Rg2 a5 54. Rfg1 Kg7 55. Rg5 Re5 56. h4 Re4
57. h5 Rh4+ 58. Kg2 Rxh5 59. Rxh5 gxh5 60. Kf3+ Kf6 61. Rd1 Rc6 62. Rd5 a4
63. Bd1 Rc3+ 64. Kf4 Rc4+ 65. Ke3 h4 66. Rd8 h3 67. Rh8 Rc3+ 68. Kf4 Ra3
69. Rh6+ Kg7 70. Rh4 Rxa2 71. Rxh3 Kg6 72. Rh8 a3 73. Ra8 Ra1 74. Ra6+ Kg7
75. Bb3 Rf1+ 76. Kg5 Rg1+ 77. Kxf5 Rf1+ 78. Ke5 Re1+ 79. Kd6 Ra1 80. Ke7
Re1+ 81. Be6 Re3 82. Kd6 Kf6 83. Bd5 Kf5 84. Ra4 Rc3 85. Be6+ Kf6 86. Rf4+
Kg5 87. Rf2 Rd3+ 88. Bd5 Kg4 89. Ke5 Kg3 90. Rg2+ Kh3 91. Be4 Rd8 92. Ra2
Kg4 93. Bf5+ Kg3 94. Rxa3+ Kf2 95. Kf4 Re8 96. Rh3 Ke2 97. Rh2+ Kd1 98. Be4
Rg8 99. Ra2 Rh8 100. Ke3 Rh3+ 101. Bf3+ Kc1 102. Rf2 Kb1 103. Kd3 Rh8 104.
Be4 Rc8 105. Bd5 Rd8 106. Kc4 Rd7 107. Be4+ Kc1 108. Bd3 Rc7+ 109. Kd4 Rc8
110. Bc4 Kd1 111. Kc3 Re8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6
8. Re1 Bd7 9. d4 Re8 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. d5 Bb5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 c6 14. Rb1
a6 15. Rb4 Rc8 16. Qd2 cxd5 17. exd5 Rc5 18. a4 Bc4 19. Rxb7 Bxd5 20. Rb4
Bxf3 21. gxf3 g5 22. Bg3 Nd5 23. Rb3 Qf6 24. Rd1 Re6 25. c4 Ne7 26. Qd3 Nf5
27. Rb6 Ra5 28. c5 Rxc5 29. Rxa6 Nd4 30. Kg2 Rxc2 31. a5 Ra2 32. Qe4 d5 33.
Ra8+ Kg7 34. Qxd5 Ra3 35. a6 Qxf3+ 36. Qxf3 Nxf3 37. a7 g4 38. h3 h5 39.
hxg4 hxg4 40. Rdd8 Kf6 41. Rg8 Kf5 42. Rg7 Re7 43. Rxg4 Kxg4 44. Rg8+ Kf5
45. a8=Q Rxa8 46. Rxa8 Nd4 47. Ra5 f6 48. f4 Nc6 49. Rc5 Re6 50. fxe5 fxe5
51. Kf3 Rd6 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 Rd4+ 54. Ke3 Rd6 55. Ke4 Rd4+ 56. Ke3 Rd6
57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O Bd7 14.
Ne5 Rfd8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rdc7 18. Bf3 Nd7 19. Qd2 Qa5
20. Rb1 Nb6 21. Be2 Ned5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. a3 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke7
26. h4 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bd3 Nb6 29. Ke2 Nd7 30. Rd2 Ne5 31. Rbd1 g4 32.
Bb1 Rh8 33. Rc2 Rxc2+ 34. Bxc2 f5 35. Bb3 Rh2 36. Rg1 b6 37. Ba2 a5 38. Bb3
Nd7 39. Ba4 Nc5 40. Bb5 Kf6 41. Bc6 Ke5 42. g3 Rh7 43. Rc1 Rc7 44. Bb5 Kd6
45. Rd1+ Ke7 46. Rc1 Ra7 47. Rh1 Kd6 48. Rh8 Rc7 49. Rb8 Rb7 50. Rc8 Rc7
51. Rb8 Rb7 52. Rc8 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Rc1 c5 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5
14. Nf3 Be6 15. O-O f6 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Rad8 19. h4 Kf7
20. Rc5 Ne7 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxe6+ Kxe6 23. Kf1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. e4
Nd6 26. Nd2 h5 27. Ke2 g5 28. Kd3 b5 29. b3 g4 30. Nf1 f5 31. f3 fxe4+ 32.
fxe4 Kf6 33. Ng3 Kg6 34. Ne2 Kf6 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 a6 37. Ng3 Kg6 38.
Kc3 a5 39. Kd3 Kh6 40. Nf5+ Nxf5 41. exf5 Kg7 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. g3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rb1 d6 12. Be3 Qd8 13. b4 Bf6 14.
Qd2 Bb7 15. Be2 Nh4 16. f3 d5 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rbc1 Qb8 20.
exd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bc5 Re8 23. Bf2 Ng6 24. Bf1 d4 25. Bxd4 Rd8 26.
Qf2 Qxb4 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxa7 Qb2 30. Qe3 Rd2 31. Re1 Nh4
32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Qc3 34. Qf2 Nf5 35. a4 Qa1 36. Qa7 Nd4 37. Qb8+ Kg7
38. Qg3+ Kf8 39. Qd6+ Kg7 40. a5 Qd1 41. Qg3+ Kf8 42. Qd6+ Kg7 43. Qg3+ Kf8
44. Qf2 Qa1 45. a6 f5 46. g3 f4 47. gxf4 Ne6 48. Qe3 Nd4 49. Kf2 Qa2+ 50.
Be2 Qa1 51. Qe5 Qa4 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. a7 Nc6 54. a8=Q Qd4+ 55. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, Mortimer variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 Ng6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
dxe5 d5 9. exd6 Nxd6 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 h6 13. h3 Re8 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bf6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxh6 Nb5 18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Be3 Nxb3 20.
axb3 Bf5 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Bxa7 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qd7 24. Qc1 b5 25. Bd4 f6 26.
f3 Qd6 27. Bf2 Kh7 28. h4 Qd5 29. h5 Bd7 30. h6 gxh6 31. Qf4 Qe5 32. Qd2
Qd5 33. Qe3 Bf5 34. Qe7+ Kg6 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Bd4 Bxc2 37. b4 Bb3 38. Qe7+
Qf7 39. Qd6 Bd5 40. Kf2 Qe6 41. Qg3+ Kh7 42. Qf4 Kg6 43. Be3 Qf5 44. Qxh6+
Kf7 45. Bd2 Qd3 46. Qf4 Bc4 47. Qc7+ Kg6 48. Qg3+ Kf7 49. Qf4 Qe2+ 50. Kg1
Qf1+ 51. Kh2 Qd3 52. Be1 Be6 53. Bf2 Qf5 54. Qc7+ Bd7 55. Bd4 Ke6 56. Qd8
Qf4+ 57. Kg1 Qc1+ 58. Kf2 Qd2+ 59. Kg3 Qg5+ 60. Kf2 Qd2+ 61. Kf1 Qd1+ 62.
Kf2 Qd2+ 63. Kg3 Qg5+ 64. Kh3 Qh5+ 65. Kg3 Qg5+ 66. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Nd4 7. Nxd4
Bxd4 8. Nf3 Bb6 9. Nxe5 d5 10. Bf4 c6 11. Ba4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qxd1 13. Raxd1
Nxe4 14. Bb3 Nc5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19.
a3 b5 20. g3 f6 21. Nf3 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Kf1 g5 24. Nd2 Nc5 25. Rxe8
Kxe8 26. Re1+ Kf7 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rd2 29. Re2 Rd1+ 30. Re1 Rd2 31.
Re2 Rd1+ 32. Re1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran variation"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Be2 a6 9. O-O c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. a4 b4 14. b3
Bd6 15. Bb2 O-O 16. h3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bc4 Ng5 20. Nxg5
Qxg5 21. f4 Qe7 22. Qe2 Bc7 23. Rfe1 Kh8 24. Qg4 f6 25. Qe6 Qxe6 26. Bxe6
Be4 27. Bc4 a5 28. Kf2 h5 29. g3 Kh7 30. Ke2 Kg6 31. Bd3 Bxd3+ 32. Rxd3
Rxd3 33. Kxd3 Rd8+ 34. Ke2 c4 35. bxc4 Bb6 36. c5 Bxc5 37. Rc1 Bf8 38. g4
hxg4 39. hxg4 b3 40. Rc3 Rb8 41. Rc4 Bb4 42. Kd3 Rh8 43. Rc1 Rh4 44. Bd4
Rxg4 45. Rb1 Rg2 46. Rxb3 Ra2 47. e4 Rxa4 48. Rb1 Kf7 49. Rc1 Ra3+ 50. Kc4
Bd2 51. Rf1 Rh3 52. Ra1 Bxf4 53. Rxa5 Be3 54. Bc3 Bf2 55. Ra6 Re3 56. e5
fxe5 57. Bd2 Re2 58. Kd3 Rxd2+ 59. Kxd2 Bd4 60. Kd3 g5 61. Ke4 Ke7 62. Rg6
Kf7 63. Rxg5 Ke7 64. Rxe5+ Bxe5 1/2-1/2

